Narrative in Buddhist Texts, Practice and Transmission, an exploration of the significance of narrative in Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. Mara Re-imagined: Stories of the ‘Evil One’ in Changing Contexts by Dr. Michael D. Nichols, Saint Joseph’s College with response by Scott Mitchell. Recorded Friday, April 18, 2014, Berkeley, CA. Fun ...…

Narrative in Buddhist Texts, Practice and Transmission, an exploration of the significance of narrative in Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. The Path from Metaphor to Narrative: Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Dr. Richard K. Payne, Institute of Buddhist Studies with response by Daijaku Kinst. Recorded Friday, April 18, 2014, Be ...…

Narrative in Buddhist Texts, Practice and Transmission, an exploration of the significance of narrative in Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. Narrative Amidst the Activities of Scripture by Dr. Charles Hallisey, Harvard Divinity School with response by Mark Blum of the University of California, Berkeley. Recorded Friday, April 18, 2014, B ...…

An exploration of the roles that a received tradition and personal engagement play in our realization of the truth and meaning of Jodo Shinshu. Discussion and response by Dr. Takamaro Shigaraki, Professor Emeritus, Ryukoku University. Recorded Thursday, February 28, 2013, San Mateo, CA. Sponsored by the George T. Aratani Endowment for the IBS C ...…

An exploration of the roles that a received tradition and personal engagement play in our realization of the truth and meaning of Jodo Shinshu. Rev. Henry Adams of Oxnard Buddhist Temple Recorded Thursday, February 28, 2013, San Mateo, CA. Sponsored by the George T. Aratani Endowment for the IBS Center for Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies. (c ...…

An exploration of the roles that a received tradition and personal engagement play in our realization of the truth and meaning of Jodo Shinshu. Dr. Michael Conway of the Eastern Buddhist Society Recorded Thursday, February 28, 2013, San Mateo, CA. Sponsored by the George T. Aratani Endowment for the IBS Center for Contemporary Shin Buddhist Stu ...…

From the Dharma at Times of Need symposium, the keynote address delivered by Rev. Dr. Seigen Yamaoka, professor of Shin Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. Prof. Yamaoka’s moving keynote touched on his own personal experiences with the Dharma as a Jodo Shinshu minister, former bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America, dedic ...…

Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, Numata Symposium 2012 Keynote Address by Prof. Lisa Grumbach. An exploration of the roles of ordained women within the social and familial structures of medieval Japan. Focusing on the reasons women became nuns, their age at ordination, and the work they performed as nuns, Prof. Grumbach argues ...…

Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, Numata Symposium 2012 Keynote Address by Prof. Lisa Grumbach. An exploration of the roles of ordained women within the social and familial structures of medieval Japan. Focusing on the reasons women became nuns, their age at ordination, and the work they performed as nuns, Prof. Grumbach argues ...…

The 2012 Graduation Commencement Address was delivered by Prof. Franz Metcalf and generously sponsored by the Numata Foundation. “Our Buddhadharma, Our Buddhist Dharma” explores our evolving Buddhist dharma in two senses. That is, it tries to begin clarifying dharma in the sense of (a) what the Buddhadharma, as teaching, is; and (b) what our dh ...…

Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching The Jōgen Suppression and Shinran’s admonition against self-power (continued) In Japanese with English translation. An outline of the le ...…

Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching The Jōgen Suppression and Shinran’s admonition against self-power In Japanese with English translation. An outline of the lecture series ...…

Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Birth through the nembutsu: Shinran’s explications of practice and shinjin In Japanese with English translation. An outline of the lectu ...…

Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Birth through the nembutsu: Shinran’s explications of practice and shinjin (continued) In Japanese with English translation. An outline ...…

Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Features and Critiques of Hōnen’s Pure Land Teaching (continued) In Japanese with English translation. An outline of the lecture series ...…

Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Features and Critiques of Hōnen’s Pure Land Teaching In Japanese with English translation. An outline of the lecture series is available ...…

As a basic principle governing moral thinking, the Buddhist concept of karma is brilliant. With clarity and simplicity, it informs participants in Buddhist cultures that what becomes of them in life is dependent on the quality of their relations to other people and on what they do in life. The fact that the concept of karma was transferred from ...…

As a basic principle governing moral thinking, the Buddhist concept of karma is brilliant. With clarity and simplicity, it informs participants in Buddhist cultures that what becomes of them in life is dependent on the quality of their relations to other people and on what they do in life. The fact that the concept of karma was transferred from ...…

Sometime during the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, several variants ofÂ an indigenous Chinese sutra known as the Xuepenjing è¡€ç›†çµŒ (“Blood Bowl Sutra,” Jpns.Â KetsubonkyÅ�), were transmitted to Japan.Â Emphasizing the impurity of women’sÂ reproductive blood, this short scripture teaches that women are fated to fall into a specia ...…

Sometime during the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, several variants ofÂ an indigenous Chinese sutra known as the Xuepenjing è¡€ç›†çµŒ (“Blood Bowl Sutra,” Jpns.Â KetsubonkyÅ�), were transmitted to Japan.Â Emphasizing the impurity of women’sÂ reproductive blood, this short scripture teaches that women are fated to fall into a specia ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 Ryūkoku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lecture One (pa ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lectu ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lecture One ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lect ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lecture One ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lect ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lecture One ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lec ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lecture One ( ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lectu ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. Lecture One ( ...…

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six – audio only) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, in March 2011. ...…

The Fall 2010 Numata Lecture at the Institute of Buddhist Studies was delivered by Prof. Kenneth Lee of the California State University, Northridge. Prof. Lee discussed Shinran Shonin’s wasan, the KÅ�taishi ShÅ�toku hÅ�san in devotion to Prince Shotoku, revered as the founder of Buddhism in Japan. An audio-only version of this episode is also a ...…

The Fall 2010 Numata Lecture at the Institute of Buddhist Studies was delivered by Prof. Kenneth Lee of the California State University, Northridge. Prof. Lee discussed Shinran Shonin’s wasan, the KÅ�taishi ShÅ�toku hÅ�san in devotion to Prince Shotoku, revered as the founder of Buddhism in Japan. This is an audio-only version of the dialogue. ...…

Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, hosted a series of â€œRed Book Dialogueâ€� between Jungian Ana ...…

Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, hosted a series of â€œRed Book Dialogueâ€� between Jungian Ana ...…

Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, hosted a series of â€œRed Book Dialogueâ€� between Jungian Ana ...…

Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, hosted a series of â€œRed Book Dialogueâ€� between Jungian Ana ...…

The Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Graduation Ceremony was held in Berkeley on May 14, 2010. Graduates included: G. Kenji Akahoshi of San Jose, David Kazuyoshi Fujimoto of Hawaii, Jon Brett Turner of Orange County, and Mutsumi Fujiwara Wondra of Orange County. Ms. Wondra is currently studying at Ryukoku University, Kyoto. Her husband, Mr. ...…

The 2010 Spring Numata Lecture was delivered by Jacob Dalton on April 30, 2010. The following episode is the audio-only version of Prof. Dalton’s talk. The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhÄ�raá¹‡Ä«s, both sÅ«tras and stand-alone spells. In this talk I will examine the content, the colophons, and the formats ...…

The 2010 Spring Numata Lecture was delivered by Jacob Dalton on April 30, 2010. The following episode is the full video version of Prof. Dalton’s talk. The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhÄ�raá¹‡Ä«s, both sÅ«tras and stand-alone spells. In this talk I will examine the content, the colophons, and the formats ...…

This is part six of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.” The lecture was divided into three parts over t ...…

This is part five of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.” The lecture was divided into three parts over ...…

This is part four of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.” The lecture was divided into three parts over ...…

This is part three of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.” The lecture was divided into three parts over ...…

This is part two of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.” The lecture was divided into three parts over t ...…

Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.” The lecture was divided into three parts over the course of three separate days. The a ...…

Daniel Veidlinger of the University of California, Chico, presents an engaging talk on the developing importance of the written word in early Buddhist history. Buddhism arose in an oral world where monks were charged with memorizing the words of the Buddha in order to preserve them. Writing is not mentioned in the Pali canon, and there is littl ...…

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